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Special Effects

The only official nominations here were: The Time Machine and The Last Voyage. Both were ahead of their time, both are the types of movies I used to marvel at as a youngster- fantastic journeys, large casts, exciting escapades, and/or a variety of freaks/monsters. It’s close, but my winner is The Time Machine, though the sinking scene in Voyage is excellent.

The Time Machine

My Nominations: The Time Machine.

The Last Voyage.

The 3 Worlds Of Gulliver: Superdynamtion works well. There is a lot of foreground, backgorund trickery here, but some of the scenes are seemless and hold up very well today.

13 Ghosts: Magic specs are gimmicky but cool. I wish more movies but treats like these into theatres. Bring back William Castle!

The Lost World: Another great movie full of exploration and adventure, and yes, lizards used as dinosaurs. But there is more here and at the time it must have been spectacular. Dino fight! Giant Spiders!

Village Of The Damned: The movie would be nowhere near as creepy without those eyes. The endingwould not be so powerful without those effects.

As a fan of the more extreme side of cinema, I ask you to join me, as I explore the history of Cinema's most extreme movies with all the sex, violence and symbolism intact. I'm here to reflect on the extreme movies that have come and gone to see what they mean, see what makes them so extreme, and of course, see if they're any good.